Hi
I need your help please.
I started working for an end client 5 weeks ago - and I have 23 billable days that I have invoiced to them (via my umbrella company).
This week, I found out that the end client is ignoring the invoices and refuses to pay them, even though I have signed timesheets, due to an admin error on their part, which is going to take weeks to resolve.
I've not been paid, and I am down to my last pennies, and cannot even afford to get to work now. The umbrella company won't give me an advance, because they say they have no guarantee that the end client will pay my invoices.
My contract is with the umbrella company, the umbrella's contract is signed with the end client (it's a household name international company)... the client say they need a certified copy of the umbrella company's bank statement (to be signed and stamped by their bank) - the umbrella are refusing to provide this. The end client only asked for it this week, after I've already worked a few weeks,so it has come as a nasty surprise...they refuse to pay any invoices until they receive it.
The details: the umbrella tell me it is not standard practice to provide a certified signed and stamped bank statement to an end client, and they are not in a position to go to their bank (30 miles away) to get this. The director of the umbrella has refused. They have provided the bank statement and a copy of their cheque book to the end client, but the end client says it's not acceptable. Without this signed document, the end client will not "set up the umbrella company as a vendor on their internal system" and without a new vendor being set up, they will not pay invoices.
I'm honestly at my wit's end, and can barely pay for food now...I can't even find a new job, because I will not be able to afford to go for an interview. It is an absolute nightmare.
Any ideas on where I stand legally on this? I tried Which legal but they only cover permanent job advice. I cannot afford a lawyer now, because I have no money left.
Thanks
I need your help please.
I started working for an end client 5 weeks ago - and I have 23 billable days that I have invoiced to them (via my umbrella company).
This week, I found out that the end client is ignoring the invoices and refuses to pay them, even though I have signed timesheets, due to an admin error on their part, which is going to take weeks to resolve.
I've not been paid, and I am down to my last pennies, and cannot even afford to get to work now. The umbrella company won't give me an advance, because they say they have no guarantee that the end client will pay my invoices.
My contract is with the umbrella company, the umbrella's contract is signed with the end client (it's a household name international company)... the client say they need a certified copy of the umbrella company's bank statement (to be signed and stamped by their bank) - the umbrella are refusing to provide this. The end client only asked for it this week, after I've already worked a few weeks,so it has come as a nasty surprise...they refuse to pay any invoices until they receive it.
The details: the umbrella tell me it is not standard practice to provide a certified signed and stamped bank statement to an end client, and they are not in a position to go to their bank (30 miles away) to get this. The director of the umbrella has refused. They have provided the bank statement and a copy of their cheque book to the end client, but the end client says it's not acceptable. Without this signed document, the end client will not "set up the umbrella company as a vendor on their internal system" and without a new vendor being set up, they will not pay invoices.
I'm honestly at my wit's end, and can barely pay for food now...I can't even find a new job, because I will not be able to afford to go for an interview. It is an absolute nightmare.
Any ideas on where I stand legally on this? I tried Which legal but they only cover permanent job advice. I cannot afford a lawyer now, because I have no money left.
Thanks
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